Another racial controversy sparked social media’s outrage over the weekend when LA MUA, paintdatface, decided to paint a white model’s face to represent various women of black culture(s). 
The blacklash is imminent when it comes to modern blackface, which is why this man felt the need to add a disclaimer to his work.
It came anyway.
When the very women you claim to be celebrating are already under-represented in the industry (fashion industry that is), a true testament of “celebrating” their race as he claimed was the point, would’ve been to USE the women of that race. That’s at least in my opinion, especially when a quick screenshot from his IG quickly shows he hasn’t done so thus far. 
Paintdatface later removed the post & further added that he couldn’t apologize for his artwork because he believes it to be beautiful. It is. But does that mean it isn’t racist? I don’t think so. The irony behind the post is what tickles me. “I struggle to remain challenged…my post have become more manufactured than authentic.” Authentic he says! It’s almost laughable given the context of his page & the transformation project he produced to combat his creative boredom. There isn’t anything authentic about his post, or even the reasoning behind it. He was an MUA looking to boost his insta-following overnight. He succeeded. Blackface will never be considered art.
Photos courtesy of Instagram page: @paintdatface
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